[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 17, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 60917-60919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17262]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

44 CFR Part 67


Final Flood Elevation Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of 
Homeland Security, Mitigation Division.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) and modified 
BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. The BFEs and 
modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that 
each community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of being 
already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for 
participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

DATES: Effective Dates: The date of issuance of the Flood Insurance 
Rate Map (FIRM) showing BFEs and modified BFEs for each community. This 
date may be obtained by contacting the office where the maps are 
available for inspection as indicated on the table below.

ADDRESSES: The final BFEs for each community are available for 
inspection at the office of the Chief Executive Officer of each 
community. The respective addresses are listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William R. Blanton, Jr., Engineering 
Management Section, Mitigation Division, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, 
DC 20472, (202) 646-3151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA makes the final determinations listed 
below for the modified BFEs for each community listed. These modified 
elevations have been published in newspapers of local circulation and 
ninety (90) days have elapsed since that publication. The Mitigation 
Division Director has resolved any appeals resulting from this 
notification.
    This final rule is issued in accordance with section 110 of the 
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4104, and 44 CFR part 
67.
    The Agency has developed criteria for floodplain management in 
floodprone areas in accordance with 44 CFR part 60.
    Interested lessees and owners of real property are encouraged to 
review the proof Flood Insurance Study and FIRM available at the 
address cited below for each community.
    The BFEs and modified BFEs are made final in the communities listed 
below. Elevations at selected locations in each community are shown.
    National Environmental Policy Act. This rule is categorically 
excluded from the requirements of 44 CFR part 10, Environmental 
Consideration. No environmental impact assessment has been prepared.
    Regulatory Flexibility Act. As flood elevation determinations are 
not within the scope of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-
612, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
    Regulatory Classification. This final rule is not a significant 
regulatory action under the criteria of Section 3(f) of Executive Order 
12866 of September 30, 1993, Regulatory Planning and Review, 58 FR 
51735.
    Executive Order 13132, Federalism. This rule involves no policies 
that have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132.
    Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This rule meets the 
applicable standards of Executive Order 12988.

List of Subjects in 44 CFR Part 67

    Administrative practice and procedure, flood insurance, reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.

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Accordingly, 44 CFR part 67 is amended as follows:

PART 67--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 67 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 
1978, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 329; E.O. 12127, 44 FR 19367, 3 CFR, 
1979 Comp., p. 376.


Sec.  67.11  [Amended]

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2. The tables published under the authority of Sec.  67.11 are amended 
as follows:

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                                                                                                                                       Depth in
                                                                                                                                       feet above ground
                                                                                                                                          *Elevation in
            State              City/town/county         Source of flooding                              Location                          feet (NGVD)
                                                                                                                                         +Elevation in
                                                                                                                                          feet (NAVD)
                                                                                                                                            Modified
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                                                              Sumter County, South Carolina
                                                                 Docket No.: FEMA-B-7454
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South Carolina...............  Sumter County...  Beech Creek.....................  Approximately 1.1 miles upstream of Barnwell Drive               *180
                                                                                   Approximately 100 feet downstream of Edgehill Road               *225
                                                 Beech Creek Tributary 1.........  At the confluence with Beech Creek................               *168
                                                                                   Approximately 150 feet downstream of Raccoon Road.               *193
                                                 Brunson Branch..................  At the confluence with Mulberry Branch............               *133
                                                                                   Approximately 700 feet upstream of Oswego Highway.               *144
                                                 Brunson Branch..................  At the confluence with Brunson Branch.............               *134
                                                 Tributary 1.....................  Approximately 0.6 mile upstream of the confluence                *143
                                                                                    of Cut Through 1.
                                                 Cane Savannah Creek.............  Approximately 200 feet downstream of Kolb Road....               *138
                                                                                   Approximately 250 feet upstream of Wedgefield                    *164
                                                                                    Highway.
                                                 Cut Through 1...................  At the confluence with Brunson Branch Tributary 1.               *140
                                                                                   Just downstream of Jerry Street...................               *144
                                                 Cut Through 2...................  At the confluence with Mulberry Branch............               *134
                                                                                   Just downstream of Jerry Street...................               *144
                                                 Green Swamp.....................  Approximately 250 feet downstream of Mason Road...               *169
                                                                                   Approximately 50 feet downstream of Brewington                   *189
                                                                                    Road.
                                                 Hatchet Camp Branch.............  At confluence with Cane Savannah Creek............               *160
                                                                                   Approximately 1.1 miles upstream of Bronco Road...               *256
                                                 Hope Swamp......................  At the confluence with Pudding Swamp..............               *108
                                                                                   Approximately 100 feet downstream of Narrow Paved                *116
                                                                                    Road.
                                                 Horsepen Branch.................  At the confluence with Green Swamp................               *181
                                                                                   Approximately 250 feet downstream of Stamey                      *203
                                                                                    Livestock Road.
                                                 Long Branch.....................  Approximately 330 feet downstream of Broad Street.               *173
                                                                                   Approximately 350 feet downstream of Frierson Road               *223
                                                 Lynches River...................  Approximately 7.7 miles downstream of Amwell                      *99
                                                                                    Church Road.
                                                                                   Approximately 1000 feet downstream of Interstate                 *120
                                                                                    95.
                                                 Mile Branch.....................  At the confluence with Brunson Branch.............               *140
                                                                                   Approximately 0.2 mile downstream of U.S. Route                  *143
                                                                                    378 and 76.
                                                 Mulberry Branch.................  At the confluence with Rocky Bluff Swamp..........               *133
                                                                                   Approximately 150 feet downstream of Main Street..               *167
                                                 Mulberry Branch.................  At the confluence with Mulberry Branch............               *134
                                                 Tributary 1.....................  Approximately 1.3 miles upstream of the confluence               *143
                                                                                    with Mulberry Branch.
                                                 Mush Swamp......................  Approximately 850 feet downstream of Loring Mill                 *162
                                                                                    Pond Road.
                                                                                   Approximately 50 feet upstream of Eagle Road......               *204
                                                 Nasty Branch....................  At the confluence with Cane Savannah Creek........               *128
                                                                                   Approximately 250 feet downstream of Bethel Church               *175
                                                                                    Road.
                                                 Noyts Branch....................  At the confluence of Green Swamp..................               *129
                                                                                   Approximately 350 feet upstream of Main Street....               *159
                                                 Pocalla Creek...................  At the confluence with Pocotaligo River...........               *121

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                                                                                   Approximately 250 feet downstream of South                       *168
                                                                                    Guignard Drive.
                                                 Pudding Swamp...................  Approximately 300 feet downstream of Forge Road...               *103
                                                                                   Approximately 200 feet downstream of Trinity Road.               *125
                                                 Rocky Bluff.....................  Approximately 0.8 mile upstream of the confluence                *134
                                                                                    of Mulberry Branch.
                                                                                   Approximately 900 feet downstream of Westbury Mill               *168
                                                                                    Road.
                                                 Shot Pouch Branch...............  At the confluence with Green Swamp................               *138
                                                                                   Approximately 450 feet downstream of Jefferson                   *176
                                                                                    Road.
                                                 Sooks Branch....................  At the confluence of Green Swamp..................               *133
                                                                                   Approximately 75 feet upstream of Council Lane....               *157
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Depth in feet above ground
*National Geodetic Vertical Datum
+North American Vertical Datum
 
                                                                       ADDRESSES:
 
City of Sumter:
 
Maps are available for inspection at 33 North Main Street, Sumter, SC 29150.
Send comments to The Honorable Joseph T. McElveen Jr., Mayor, City of Sumter, P.O. Box 1449, Sumter, SC 29151.
 
Unincorporated Areas of Sumter County:
 
Maps are available for inspection at 33 North Main Street, Sumter, SC 29150.
Send comments to Mr. William T. Noonan, Sumter County Administrator, 13 East Canal Street, Sumter, SC 29150.
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 83.100, ``Flood 
Insurance.'')

    Dated: October 4, 2006.
David I. Maurstad,
Director, Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E6-17262 Filed 10-16-06; 8:45 am]
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